International norms and cycles of change / Wayne Sandholtz & Kendall Stiles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sandholtz, Wayne, author.

Stiles, Kendall, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jus cogens (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 410 p.) : ill.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wayne Sandholtz and Kendall Stiles sketch the primary theoretical perspectives on international norm change, the 'legalisation' and 'transnational activist' approaches, and argue that both are limited by their focus on international rules as outcomes.

Contents:

Explaining international norm change

Banning piracy : the state monopoly on military force

The end of conquest : consolidating sovereign equality

Protecting cultural treasures in wartime

Terrorism : reinforcing states' monopoly on force

Extraterritoriality : expanding exclusive internal jurisdiction

Slavery : liberal norms and human rights

Genocide

Refugees and asylum

Humanitarian intervention

The emerging right to democracy

Cycles of international norm change.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-974513-7

0-19-985537-4